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Title:
The last gasp : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber
Author:
Christianson, Scott.
ISBN:
9780520945616
9781282697652
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages) : illustrations
Abstract:
The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, Christianson overturns this mythology for good. He exposes the sinist.
Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppkh0Copies:
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